Man charged with trying to kill girlfriend

June 29, 2009

A 40-year-old Chicago man was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly beat up his live-in girlfriend, Chicago police said today.

Albert Parker, of the 7000 block of South Clyde Avenue, was arrested after police were called to the couple's home in the South Shore neighborhood June 27 and found that the man's 39-year-old girlfriend had been beaten, police said.

The woman was taken taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition. The man was later charged, police said.